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Pennsylvania school systems.

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514school systems
2,664operating schools connected
1,506,485students in finance records
496complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Pennsylvania school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 496 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,877Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+0.9%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+23.8%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-3.8%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems496 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,562,2301,502,978
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$21,767$21,054

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Northampton Area SD

Northampton, PA

Students
5,179
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$19,829

+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment

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Carlisle Area SD

Carlisle, PA

Students
5,164
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$16,663

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.4% enrollment

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Hempfield Area SD

Greensburg, PA

Students
5,126
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$17,945

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.0% enrollment

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Norwin SD

North Huntingdon, PA

Students
5,076
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$15,183

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Avon Grove SD

West Grove, PA

Students
4,979
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,297

-5.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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Cornwall-Lebanon SD

Lebanon, PA

Students
4,918
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$16,034

-3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Lebanon SD

Lebanon, PA

Students
4,915
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$14,894

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Wyoming Valley West SD

Kingston, PA

Students
4,901
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$16,982

-1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.6% enrollment

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Nazareth Area SD

Nazareth, PA

Students
4,897
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$18,082

-4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.9% enrollment

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Perkiomen Valley SD

Collegeville, PA

Students
4,868
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$21,972

+9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.2% enrollment

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Williamsport Area SD

Williamsport, PA

Students
4,807
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$18,619

-4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.9% enrollment

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Great Valley SD

Malvern, PA

Students
4,801
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$22,486

-7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +12.2% enrollment

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Red Lion Area SD

Red Lion, PA

Students
4,767
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$17,543

-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Quakertown Community SD

Quakertown, PA

Students
4,689
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$20,670

+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Mechanicsburg Area SD

Mechanicsburg, PA

Students
4,671
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$17,302

+2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.4% enrollment

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North Hills SD

Pittsburgh, PA

Students
4,648
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$17,877

-6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.7% enrollment

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Methacton SD

Eagleville, PA

Students
4,609
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$24,254

+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% enrollment

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Mifflin County SD

Lewistown, PA

Students
4,596
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$16,601

+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.2% enrollment

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Pine-Richland SD

Gibsonia, PA

Students
4,555
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$18,571

+0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment

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William Penn SD

Lansdowne, PA

Students
4,547
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$22,759

+12.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.3% enrollment

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Baldwin-Whitehall SD

Pittsburgh, PA

Students
4,484
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$15,186

-2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment

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Upper Merion Area SD

King of Prussia, PA

Students
4,477
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$24,249

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.2% enrollment

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Garnet Valley SD

Glen Mills, PA

Students
4,473
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$23,020

-6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Stroudsburg Area SD

Stroudsburg, PA

Students
4,464
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$22,635

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment

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Armstrong SD

Kittanning, PA

Students
4,435
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$19,947

+4.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.7% enrollment

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Springfield SD

Springfield, PA

Students
4,425
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$16,053

-13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment

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Muhlenberg SD

Reading, PA

Students
4,361
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,860

-5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.2% enrollment

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South Western SD

Hanover, PA

Students
4,346
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$17,408

+1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.1% enrollment

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Delaware Valley SD

Milford, PA

Students
4,281
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$20,645

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.9% enrollment

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Waynesboro Area SD

Waynesboro, PA

Students
4,262
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$14,411

+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.